Correlation of Cervical Lordosis Measurement with Incidence of Motor Vehicle Accidents
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A retrospective analysis of 500 patient radiographs was conducted to measure the clinical correlation of cervical lordosis measurements and incidence of motor vehicle accident (MVA). Five hundred lateral cervical radiographs were selected at random from the practice of one of the authors (DLM). The C1-7 angle of the cervical curve was then measured by two blinded examiners. Inter-examiner reliability had a confidence interval of 95%. Eighty-two percent of patients who have had a MVA had an abnormal lordosis. The mean lordosis of patients who had been involved in a MVA was 26.1 degrees (SD 11.4), compared with 36.4 (SD 8.4) for those who had not been involved in a MVA. The results suggest a correlation of reduced cervical lordosis measurements following motor vehicle accident (MVA).
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